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The DIRECTV app for iPad is light-years ahead of the DIRECTV app for Android. DIRECTV started with the larger installed base (iPad) giving them the most features, but now that the market share for Android tablets is growing and now that Android 4.0 is coming out, I'd expect DIRECTV to start releasing enhancements to the Android app.... when? No idea, but i hope soon.

I have no idea where DIRECTV is with internal development and testing of an Android app similar to the iPAD app, but I'm sure they are working on it.

Google recently made some big changes that make Android development easier (or at least, reduced some development overhead), so I wouldn't be surprised if DIRECTV is integrating some of those recent changes in the code base.

There has been an app for Android for a while now - go to the play store.

It is not like the iPad app, but maybe one day.....

It streams some VOD content from Directv (depends on what you are subscribed to, such as Starz, Encore, Cinemax etc).

But no remote, no live tv etc. It works on both the phones and tablets though.

iPad has many more users than Android tablets and so they will spend more time on that app. With Android 4 though there is less fragmentation and so hopefully developers can write an ipad equivalent app soon.

iPad has many more users than Android tablets and so they will spend more time on that app. With Android 4 though there is less fragmentation and so hopefully developers can write an ipad equivalent app soon.

You might want to check your numbers. As of June, the numbers of Android tablet users vs. iPad users is very similar, thanks in no small part to the Kindle Fire. The published percentage difference was actually 1%, which falls into the MOE for any poll.